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Category Archives: Living in the 80s – forever
An extra dose of late 80s horror cheese
As the 80s were coming to an end, so was a decade of awesome horror flicks as things moved towards the uninspired crap of the early 90s. And speaking of, here’s a handful of crap. NIGHT VISION (1987) What I … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, creature feature, Deathrow Gameshow, gay horror, Hellgate, horror comedy, Leviathan, Night Vision, Zombies
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A trio of supernatural fiends from the late 80s
VHS vamps and demons! I look at three cheesy films from 1988, 1989, and 1990. They would have made a semi-fulfilling triple feature rental back then, and they’d make a good bargain bin 3-on-1 DVD release today. All three suffer … Continue reading
Teen Witch vs. Werewolf Mom!
I can never get enough of cute comedies featuring loved ones turning into some sort of supernatural creature or gaining magic powers—especially if they came from the 80s! But are 1989 films Teen Witch and My Mom’s a Werewolf worthy of the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, horror comedy, My Mom’s a Werewolf, Teen Witch
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Stephen King’s Maximum Overdrive vs. Trucks
Two movie adaptations of a Stephen King short story made nearly a decade apart. So how do they compare? MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE (1986) Stephen King directs and has admitted to being burnt on coke at the time. It’s a 1980s movie—it’s … Continue reading
Three VHS faves from the 80s (of course)
There was no resisting the video box art when Scanners, The Beast Within, and The Stuff were lined up on video store shelves with all the other horror films of the day. But are they all worthy of their 80s … Continue reading
80s slasher cult favorites
The endless list of 80s slashers pretty much always leads to celebrating the most prominent films of the decade. Then there are those hidden gems you’d find in the video store that no one was talking about, yet they totally … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Alone in the Dark, American Gothic, backwoods horror, gay horror, slashers, Stagefright, The Fan
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Chubbies – this October, the Halloween party is in your ass
Even if you love Halloween themed horror movies, if you are not a fan of micro-budget films that look like a bunch of friends got together with a camcorder and made a movie in their hometown, then you’ll probably want … Continue reading
STREAM QUEEN 1: Cropsey, Rabid Love, The Employer, The Butchers
You see the movie art whenever you search horror on your favorite streaming service. And even though you aren’t paying per movie and have already seen all the big horror films, you’re still wary of wasting the time to give … Continue reading
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Tagged Cropsey, documentary, Rabid Love, serial killers, slashers, The Butchers, The Employer
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The stuff of 80s horror nightmares
Why were Friday nights awesome in the 80s? You’d rent three movies and get the fourth free at the video store, pop loads of buttery popcorn, and then watch crappy midnight movies until four in the morning. 80s horror movies … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, demons, Fear No Evil, gay horror, possession, Retribution, slashers, supernatural, Superstition, The Dark Power, witches, Zombies
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